A doghouse can be paradise -- if, of course, it is "The Dog House" designed and adorned with works by the "godfather of conceptual art," Joseph Kosuth. All the more so if it is owned by Joni Waka, the renowned and controversial Tokyo-based art patron. And, if it was inspired by the late Francis Bacon. more...

Open Space 2012: Please Touch the Display

Nicolai Kruger

Open Space 2012 is the sixth annual long-term exhibition held at the NTT Intercommunication Center (ICC) located in the Tokyo Opera City Tower in Hatsudai, Tokyo. The show aims to provide a wide range of audiences with the opportunity to view new media-art created by prominent Japanese and international artists. more...

The Seto Inland Sea figures largely in Japanese history, not least as the domain of the pirates prominently featured in NHK-TV’s current serial epic about 12th-century warlord Taira no Kiyomori. In the more recent past, inhabitants of its shores did a thriving business harvesting salt. more...